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Start Menu X
Start Menu X is a replacement of the system menu for professionals. Power users are a lot more demanding, and it's not surprising - instead of a petty dozen of programs we have hundreds! This means that we need a solution developed by professionals for professionals. Find out how to find and launch programs without scrolling, extra clicks and moves - this is Start Menu X. Get it now - virtual groups, one-click program launches, timers.
Start Button 8
This is a set of two programs: Start Button for Windows 8 and the convenient Start Menu. How to add a Start Button to Windows 8? There are different answers to this question. But only Start Button 8 offers a convenient solution that is safe for your Windows. You will get a Start Button that can be customized. You can add and create your own skins for the Start Button. Start Button 8 is fully compatible with older versions of Windows.
Start Menu XP
This software displays your programs in a drop-out list, just as it did in Windows XP. This drop-out feature allows you to quickly access your programs without taking up a lot of space. You can also organize your programs in Virtual Groups. This feature allows you to name and group areas for all your programs (e.g. games, office, security). Also, your Virtual Groups can also be minimized to allow room elsewhere as need be. Furthermore, since these groups are virtual, you won't see empty folders after uninstalling your programs, as they are removed automatically.
Start Menu 7
Best prog out there for a start menu, it shows you everything on your pc, instead of having to hunt for this or that [like MS] and that saves time and effort. The user interface has the simplicity of form and function which is primary [for all level users] as well as other added amenities [looks, as well as options]. This makes the product one of a kind.
By maintaining this formula I believe this product will continue to have great success[any input to continue improving this product I support]. As a Home user [4yrs] I mostly use freeware progs[some great ones out there] due to finances[understandable]. But when I find a prog that's worth it, I will work towards getting that prog. And yours helps greatly in my studies [don't know what I'd do without it] laugh] starter college classes and now home learning and research into music [easy] video media [a little more complex in-depth] and now building my own pc[really complex in-depth]almost done] kind of lists where I'm at in the pc field. Not too much into programming but as a user of various progs I know a good one when I see [use] it. keep up the good work.
Hope something I said in my input will help you in improving your product[s]. (Floyd P Jones)
Tidy Favorites
Tidy up your favorite bookmarks! Organize your favorite links as live thumbnails instead of trying to work through plain-text links. Open, delete, move, resize and update bookmarks in a single click. Conveniently use the same set of favorites and the same convenient user interface in all of your browsers - IE, Firefox, and Opera!
Too many bookmarks make your favorite links harder to navigate than firing up a search. Hundreds and hundreds of text-only favorites look exactly the same, cluttering your browser and becoming less and less usable with every new addition. Tidy up your links! With Tidy Favorites, you can now organize your bookmarks in a totally new fashion. Imagine how a Mac would do things - only Tidy Favorites does it better!
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Hotkey Search Tool 1.4
Suppose you are reading mail and come across a phrase you want to research on the Internet. Usually, you have to start a browser and type the phrase you need, which is not always convenient. With Hotkey Search Tool, you just select the phrase and press the hotkey, which will open a browser window with the search results for the selected text. This saves time as the search results are just a hotkey away.
Run an Internet search on the phrase selected in any application.
You can also use the program for other purposes. You can configure the program to search encyclopedias, movie or law databases and more.
Hotkey Search Tool can also easily work with the Google Desktop.
Hint: If you use a mouse with additional buttons, you may assign to one of the buttons, a "copy to clipboard" (ctrl+c) function. Then press the mouse button twice to start search.
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Classic Start Menu
Are you missing the Windows 7 Menu Classic? If so, you are not alone; we have developed this Classic Start Menu for you, and now you can easily change the unusable menu of Windows 7 to the well known classic start menu with Aero skin. Actually, you can use other skins too, not just the Aero one. Yet, with Aero, you make the Classic Start Menu look like a real part of Windows 7.
You will realize the power of the new Windows 7 Menu Classic as soon as you try it out. Having tried it once, you will gain considerable advantages of the new Classic Start Menu in Windows 7, so that you'll hardly ever want to get back to the Windows 7 System Menu. By the way, our Classic Start Menu doesn't change Windows files, so you can easily uninstall it or even access the system menu by holding the Shift key and clicking the Orb button.
Download Windows 7 Menu Classic
Vista Start Menu
Each time you start programs from the Start menu, you use the interface that has not changed for 10 years. No wonder that it becomes more and more difficult to use it due to the increase in the number of programs...
Vista Start Menu is a completely another approach to the interface.It is much easier to find and run the program you need. Everything is visual and extremely easy to use. Your applications are arranged in a table with icons divided into groups, which makes it easier to work with a lot of programs.
And one more really important nuance: when you remove programs or install new ones, other icons remain in their places so you do not have to waste time on looking for "drifted icons" as it usually happens in the system.
CinemathecaYou can use Cinematheca to maintain your own movie collection and also view the list of movies in your friends' collections. It is easy to see if your friend has a new movie and ask him or her to let you see it. You can view your friends' collections even when they are offline.
The software allows you to rate movies and share these ratings with your friends, search your collection and your friends' collections, and group movies into virtual folders.


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Joan Sutherland Theatre, Sydney Opera House
Three outstanding singers go head-to-head in a bold production of Verdi's Otello, conducted by Christian Badea. Direct from triumphs at New York's Metropolitan Opera and La Scala Milan, New Zealand tenor Simon O'Neill is Otello.
The choices are clear on the battlefield. Back home, however, when the cannons fall silent and the skies are clear, a soldier is no match for a master politician.
Otello is the hero and Desdemona is the lover, but Iago is the puppetmaster in this vivid re-telling of Shakespeare's romantic tragedy.
Black or white. Good or evil. Life or death.
The plays of Shakespeare have inspired many an opera, but the problem always remains: how do you improve upon a masterpiece?
In the case of Otello, Verdi and his librettist, Arrigo Boito, made a radical revision of the original play, cutting two acts, changing the location and adding operatic flourishes, including a chilling 'Credo' for Iago.
You could argue that it is not Shakespeare, but it is certainly a masterpiece.
What Verdi cuts from Shakespeare's verse, he more than replaces in music: rather than describing Iago in words, his melodies expose his powers of persuasion; no-one could doubt the sincerity of Desdemona when they hear her exquisite 'Willow Song'; and Verdi has a key advantage over Shakespeare in that he can have multiple characters speaking at once.
This is why we come to opera.
So that we can hear Desdemona asking forgiveness, Otello lost in thought, Iago meddling and Emilia lamenting the quarrel simultaneously, their hopes and fears all woven together in one thrilling ensemble.
So that we can experience through music the emotions that words alone cannot describe.
|Christian Badea
|Harry Kupfer
|Revival Director
|Roger Press
|Set Designer
|Hans Schavernoch
|Costume Designer
|Yan Tax
|Lighting Designer
|Toby Sewell
|Simon O'Neill
|Lianna Haroutounian
(until 19 July)
Natalie Aroyan
|Claudio Sgura
|James Egglestone
|Jacqueline Dark
|David Corcoran
|Richard Anderson
|Pelham Andrews
|Tom Hamilton
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra
Running time: approximately 2 hours & 40 minutes, including one 20-minute interval.
Act I
Cyprus, late 15th century. Cypriots watch anxiously from the shore as a fierce storm batters the Venetian fleet sent to defend their island from the invading Turks. The Moor Otello, a Venetian general and governor of Cyprus, lands his flagship safely in the port and announces the destruction of the Turkish fleet. Iago, Otello's ensign, confers with the wealthy Roderigo, who is in love with Desdemona, a Venetian beauty recently married to Otello. Promising to help him, Iago assures Roderigo that Desdemona will soon tire of her husband. He reveals his hatred for Otello, who passed him over for advancement, promoting Cassio instead. While the citizens celebrate the governor's victory and his safe return home, Iago proposes a toast. Cassio declines to drink, but Iago argues he cannot refuse to salute Otello's new wife. Cassio consents and grows tipsy as Iago provokes Roderigo to get into a fight with Cassio. Montano, the former governor, tries to separate the two, but Cassio attacks him as well. Otello appears from the castle to restore order, furious about his soldiers' behavior. When he sees Desdemona disturbed by the commotion, he takes away Cassio's recent promotion and commands everyone to leave.
Act II
Iago advises Cassio to present his case to Desdemona. He argues that her influence on the general will certainly get Cassio reinstated. As soon as Cassio is out of sight, Iago declares his belief that a cruel God created man wicked and that life has no meaning. He watches as Cassio approaches Desdemona in the garden. When Otello enters, the lieutenant makes casual remarks about Desdemona's fidelity. Enchanted by his wife's beauty, Otello greets her lovingly, but when she brings up the question of Cassio's demotion, he is angered and complains of a headache. She offers a handkerchief to cool his forehead, but he throws it to the ground. Her attendant Emilia, who is Iago's wife, picks it up. As Desdemona tries to calm Otello, Iago seizes the handkerchief from Emilia. Otello asks to be alone and everybody leaves, except for Iago, who remains to observe Otello's growing suspicion. To fan the flames, he invents a story of how Cassio spoke of Desdemona in his sleep; he mentions that he saw her handkerchief in Cassio's hand. Exploding with rage and jealousy, Otello swears vengeance, and Iago joins in the oath.
Act III
A herald informs Otello of the imminent arrival of Venetian ambassadors. Iago tells the general that soon he will have further proof of his wife and Cassio's betrayal. Desdemona enters, and Otello speaks calmly until she revives the subject of Cassio. When Otello demands the handkerchief he gave her, she again pleads for Cassio. Unable to control his fury any longer, Otello accuses her of infidelity and dismisses her. Left alone, he suffers a fit of desperation and self-pity, then hides as Iago returns with Cassio. Iago flashes the handkerchief he stole and leads the conversation with Cassio in such a way that Otello overhears only fragments and incorrectly assumes they are talking about Desdemona. As trumpets announce the dignitaries from Venice, Otello, whose rage continues to grow, vows to kill his wife that very night. He then greets the ambassador Lodovico, who recalls him to Venice and appoints Cassio to govern Cyprus. Losing control at this news, Otello pushes his wife to the floor, hurling insults. He orders everyone out and collapses in a seizure, while Iago gloats over him.
Act IV
Emilia helps Desdemona prepare for bed. Frightened, Desdemona sings of a maiden forsaken by her lover, then says an emotional goodnight to Emilia and recites her prayers. As soon as she has fallen asleep, Otello enters and wakes Desdemona with a kiss. When Otello starts talking about killing her, she is horrified and protests her innocence, but Otello strangles her. Emilia knocks with news that Cassio has killed Roderigo. Shocked to find the dying Desdemona she summons help. Iago's plot is finally revealed and Otello realizes what he has done. After reflecting on his past glory he pulls out a dagger and stabs himself, dying with a final kiss for his wife.
Source: Metropolitan Opera
"Claudio Sgura was a tall, five-o'clock-shadowy Iago of masterly malevolence,
singing with menacing blackness…"
Sydney Morning Herald
"O'Neill's vocal and physical presence never wavers."
The Guardian
"Smoky-toned, firm-voiced baritone Claudio Sgura (Iago) captured his character's
evil heart of darkness, seamlessly switching from oily sycophancy one moment to implacable
malevolence the next."
The Australian
Absolute spine tingling world class singing tonight. This is why I still go to
opera to be blown away like this @OperaAustralia
— LJ (@LJology) July
16, 2014